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  • Project 2025 + Kids

    Our policy team analyzes the granular policy agenda intended to serve as the “playbook” for a Republican presidential administration. This extremist agenda proposes measures that would leave America’s children poorer, sicker, and less likely to become productive citizens. Our series explores some of the most harmful proposals.

  • Speaking of Kids

    Speaking of Kids is a podcast series from First Focus on Children that uncovers why children are an afterthought in politics. In this episode, Dr. Glenn Flores explains that the most important lesson in child health research and policy is that children have vastly different anatomy and physiology depending on their age, which requires taking a developmental perspective.

  • Babies in the Budget 2024

    The 2024 Babies in the Budget book analyzes the share of federal spending allocated to our nation’s youngest. Overall, our analysis finds that for the third straight year, the share of federal spending on children ages 0-3 declined, from just 1.98% in FY 2021 to a mere 1.52% in FY 2024.

  • Children's Budget 2023

    Children’s Budget 2023 provides a comprehensive analysis of the share of spending allocated to kids across more than 250 government programs in the federal budget. Our analysis finds that U.S. spending on children — both here and abroad — accounts for less than 10% of the federal budget and has decreased nearly 16% in just one year.

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Sep 10, 2024 Child Poverty

Child Investment Research Hub

Children make up approximately one-quarter of the U.S. population and all our nation’s future. Ample evidence confirms that investing…

Spotlight on children’s budget